Larry Ellison
b. 1944
The Oracle billionaire bankrolling a family takeover of American media.
Larry Ellison — Oracle co-founder, one of the richest men alive, and a documented Trump backer — is the money behind a generational move on the American press. Through his son David's Paramount Skydance, the family already controls CBS and is buying CNN's parent; through Oracle, Larry sits inside the TikTok deal. Private fortune, converted into control of what the public sees.
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He is a Trump-aligned billionaire bankrolling his family's expansion into American media.
FACTOracle's co-founder put the family's fortune behind a takeover of the 'opposition' networks — the financial engine of the Ellison press.
Oracle is the U.S. 'trusted' data partner in the TikTok arrangement.
FACTThe deal routes American TikTok data through Oracle — Larry Ellison's company embedded in the infrastructure of a platform used by half the country.
The family's media empire is consolidating the outlets sold as the 'center.'
FACTCBS already, CNN pending — a Trump-aligned family buying the very networks the public reads as the neutral referee.
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